HOW? Backup System (C:) to External Drive?

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I have vista home premium and a new Laptop.
I need to make System Backups (complete drive c:)
I realize that Toshiba put so much junk software on my new laptop but could
not see it's way to include a System Backup.
Would appreciate your replys on the above subject and recommentations for a
Backup/Restore that works. I have spent so much time cleaning up the laptop
that i would not like to have to start at the beginning. Thanks.
 
I see they have a new release v11. , do you know which of the releases is
regarded as the most stable?
I think that i will purchase but first i need to check who their parent
company is.
thanks..mainframeguy...

.Joe said:
mainframeguy;640375 said:
I have vista home premium and a new Laptop.
I need to make System Backups (complete drive c:)
I realize that Toshiba put so much junk software on my new laptop but
could
not see it's way to include a System Backup.
Would appreciate your replys on the above subject and recommentations
for a
Backup/Restore that works. I have spent so much time cleaning up the
laptop
that i would not like to have to start at the beginning. Thanks.
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I've read good things about a commercial backup utility. I believe you
can download an evaluation version to make sure it fits your needs.

You can download it here: 'Backup software for data backup and disaster
recovery in Windows and Linux - Acronis' (http://www.acronis.com)

It does a complete image of your C drive, so in the event of a major
failure, you can restore everything the way it was when you did the
backup/image.

Let us know if that works for you.


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I have used v9 through v11 without problems.
Its an established company

mainframeguy said:
I see they have a new release v11. , do you know which of the releases is
regarded as the most stable?
I think that i will purchase but first i need to check who their parent
company is.
thanks..mainframeguy...

.Joe said:
mainframeguy;640375 said:
I have vista home premium and a new Laptop.
I need to make System Backups (complete drive c:)
I realize that Toshiba put so much junk software on my new laptop but
could
not see it's way to include a System Backup.
Would appreciate your replys on the above subject and recommentations
for a
Backup/Restore that works. I have spent so much time cleaning up the
laptop
that i would not like to have to start at the beginning. Thanks.
Click to expand...

I've read good things about a commercial backup utility. I believe you
can download an evaluation version to make sure it fits your needs.

You can download it here: 'Backup software for data backup and disaster
recovery in Windows and Linux - Acronis' (http://www.acronis.com)

It does a complete image of your C drive, so in the event of a major
failure, you can restore everything the way it was when you did the
backup/image.

Let us know if that works for you.


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.Joe

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1.Make sure System Restore is enabled (it usually is by default).

2.Follow the documentation that came with your laptop for creating System
Recovery disks.
 
Everything that i read states that my Vista Version does not have the
software program to backup/restore my complete C: drive. The Vista only
backs up files, etc.
I have ordered the Acronis Backup/Restore program and it is on the UPS truck
as I type.
Thanks
Mainframeguy
 
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